01:20 am - Sporting news ...This week, the Fencing World Championships have been running in St Petersburg.Just in case anyone was interested, the results of the individual competitions (teams events still have a couple of days to go) :

Women's Sabre (91 entries) :

1

NETCHAEVA

Elena

RUS

2

TAN

Xue

CHN

3

JOZWIAK

Bogna

POL

3

MARZOCCA

Gioia

ITA

Australians: Jess Brooks (68th) (GBR had 4 in the last 64, the best at 33)

Men's Sabre (111) :

1

POZDNIAKOV

Stanislav

RUS

2

MONTANO

Aldo

ITA

3

LIMBACH

Nicolas

GER

3

OH

Eun Seok

KOR

No Australians in this event, 2 GBR fencers in the last 64.

Men's Foil (124) :

1

JOPPICH

Peter

GER

2

BALDINI

Andrea

ITA

3

KLEIBRINK

Benjamin

GER

3

LEI

Sheng

CHN

Australians: Frank Bartollilo (45th) (GBR - Richard Kruse was 15th, two others made the last 64)

Women's Foil (92) :

1

VEZZALI

Valentina

ITA

2

GRANBASSI

Margherita

ITA

3

MOHAMED

Aida

HUN

3

TRILLINI

Giovanna

ITA

Australians: Jo Halls (47th) (GBR: one just in last 64, one just outside)

Women's Epee (126) :

1

HEIDEMANN

Britta

GER

2

LI

Na

CHN

3

EMBRICH

Irina

EST

3

NISIMA

Maureen

FRA

Australians : Evelyn Halls (60th) (GBR : one at 72)

Men's Epee (168) :

1

KULCSAR

Krisztian

HUN

2

BOISSE

Eric

FRA

3

CONFALONIERI

Diego

ITA

3

JEANNET

Jerome

FRA

Australians : Seamus Robinson (72nd) (GBR: Two in the last 64, two outside)Surprise results : Alfredo Rota in 64th place, and Pavel Kolobkov (five times World Champion, Olympic Gold medallist) in 65th.

Of those 168 fencers, I've fenced 11, the top placed at this World Championships being Denis Bade of Finland (12th), who I beat in a pool bout in a satellite tournament last year. Fencing is a funny sport ...Current Mood:geeky